NASA's asteroid-smashing DART spacecraft hit so hard, it changed its target space rocks' orbit around the sun

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Nasa's Asteroid-Smashing Dart Spacecraft Hit So Hard, It Changed Its Target Space Rocks' Orbit Around The Sun

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In 2022, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission deliberately slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos, which orbits a larger asteroid named Didymos. Now, scientists have confirmed that not only did DART alter Dimorphos' orbit around its bi ...Read more